Mobile VoIP Over WiFi

February 23, 2005

Via Slashdot, MuniWireless is reporting a successful test of multi-party VoIP calls over WiFi at 130 kph.  Quote: The world’s first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice network has been successfully tested on a US interstate highway – the Canamex Interstate Highway (I-19) from Rio Rico to a point south of Green Valley, Arizona. Wi-VOD deployed it […]

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Venture Capital – An Entrepreneur’s View (Part II)

February 22, 2005

Tom Evslin has posted the second part of his post on your relationship with your VC.

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The Only True Courage – Hunter S. Thompson

February 22, 2005

Bruce Schneier has posted a link to short piece by Hunter S. Thompson – I’ve reproduced it in full below: Security … what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today?  For the most part, it means safety and freedom from worry. It is said to be the end that […]

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Venture Capital – An Entrepreneur’s View

February 22, 2005

Tom Evslin has a great post, the first in a series, on lessons he’s learned about dealing with VC’s.  Solid, practical advice from someone who’s been there – a great read.

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Why Offshoring is Not For Go Daddy

February 22, 2005

Bob Parson’s terrific blog has yet another gem on it – this one a well thought out and detailed post on why offshoring is not for Go Daddy!

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When to Strike Out on Your Own

February 21, 2005

Via Dane Carlson, an excellent article on Fortune Small Business about striking out on your own.  The piece is about reader response to an article about starting your own business.  Quote and link to the original article: I received a deluge of responses from readers who were inspired by my last column ("When’s the Right […]

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The Return of the Pop-Up Ad

February 21, 2005

News is starting to circulate that the online advertisers have hacked most pop-up blockers and that the method is starting to spread.  I’ve been seeing this on Firefox over the last week. Proof once again of the infallibility of human fallibility, and the indomitable appetite of the ‘net to undo what anyone can do.

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The Contra View on Legal KM

February 21, 2005

Via excited utterances, some food for thought on the view that more law firm knowledge management is not worth the effort.  Quote: Many firms appear—like the majority of US firms did some years ago—to have given up on trying to improve knowledge management. So I fear that, at the moment, not much effort is going […]

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The Future of Newspapers

February 21, 2005

Via Paul Kedrosky, a WaPo piece on the future of newspapers in a world that is nothing but ‘net. The venerable newspaper is in trouble. Under sustained assault from cable television, the Internet, all-news radio and lifestyles so cram-packed they leave little time for the daily paper, the industry is struggling to remake itself. Papers […]

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Blockbuster v. New Jersey Over No Late Fee Promise

February 21, 2005

Via Techdirt, CNN has a piece on the NJ Attorney General suing Blockbuster for deceptive advertising over their new "No Late Fees" campaign, something I wrote about here recently.

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Removing Text From Powerpoint Presentations

February 20, 2005

Cliff Atkinson has an excellent post on recent research into the effect that text has on our ability to remember information presented in Powerpoint decks.  The news?  Text bad, pictures good.  By a lot actually – the research suggests that text profoundly diminishes the impact of the presentation.

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Peggy Noonan on Blogs Changing Journalism

February 20, 2005

The mainstream media is finally coming around.  Peggy Noonan of the WSJ writes on the impact blogging is having on professional journalism.  Interesting quote: Someone is going to address the "bloggers are untrained journalists" question by looking at exactly what "training," what education in the art / science / craft / profession of journalism, the […]

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